Inspiration for Life
2009 AAREA Conference
October 15 and 16, 2009
Sebel Albert Park, Melbourne
Join us for an inspirational program that offers a balance of Asthma, Respiratory, Chronic Lung Disease and the changing direction of primary health care. Experience speakers from a variety of health care backgrounds including nurses, health educators, respiratory specialists, primary care practitioners, paediatricians, pharmacists and physiotherapists.
Program
Please note that the program is subject to change without notice.
PreConference :: Wednesday October 14, 2009
| 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Registration :: Attendees are encouraged to register early to avoid the Thursday rush. |
| 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Credentialing Workshop for Asthma and Respiratory (COPD) Educators— The "How To?" Facilitators :: Anna Berkelmans and Suzanne Hull - SOLD OUT |
Day 1 :: Thursday October 15, 2009
| 8:00 AM | Registration, Trade and Poster Displays | |||
| 8:45 AM | Conference Welcome: Commonwealth Government | |||
| 9:00 AM | Opening Address :: Kristine Whorlow, Chief Executive Officer, National Asthma Council, Australia | |||
| 9:15 AM | Keynote Speaker :: Dr Christine Jenkins Topic :: National Asthma Strategy 2008-2013 - educational opportunities | |||
| 10:00 AM | Keynote Speaker :: Anna Berkelmans :: Models of Care – Asthma and respiratory education | |||
| 10:45 AM | Morning Tea, Trade and Poster Displays | |||
| 11:15 AM | Presenter :: Dr Frank Thien Topic :: Innovations and Advances in asthma | |||
| 11:45 AM | Presenter :: Nick Freezer Topic :: Childhood Predictos of COPD | |||
| 12:15 PM | Presenter :: Caroline Nicolson Topic :: Airway Mucociliary Clearance Techniques | |||
| 1:00 PM | Lunch, Trade and Poster Displays | |||
| 2:00 PM | Presenter :: Assoc. Prof. Christine McDonald Topic :: Innovations and advances in COPD | |||
| 2:45 PM | Presenter :: Dr Bandana Saini Topic :: Standards of Asthma Pharmacy Practice (SOAPP) | |||
| 3:15 PM | Afternoon Tea, Trade and Poster Displays | |||
| 3:45 PM | Concurrent Sessions | |||
| Session 1 | Sara Ward Topic :: Clients Choice of Models of Self Determined Care with Asthma and/or Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease |
Emil Dan Topic :: Re-engineering your Pharmacy for Respiratory Education 3:45PM Jenny Gowan |
Dr Joanne Smart Topic :: Anaphylaxis and Asthma |
Philippa Yabsley Topic :: The reliability of spirometry results performed by community pharmacists |
| 4:20 PM | Concurrent Sessions | |||
| Session 2 | Sue Tamblyn Topic :: The Journey of the lung transplant |
4:40PM Neil Petrie Topic :: Reviewing the Medications of the Older Person with Asthma |
Jane McDermott Topic :: Asbestos diseases and the compensation process |
Bernadette Flanagan Do General Practice patients benefit from spirometry with regular review?
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| 5:00 PM | Close — Poster Viewing and Judging | |||
| 7:00 PM | Conference Dinner | |||
Day 2 :: Friday October 16, 2009
| 7:00 AM | AstraZeneca Breakfast Symposium :: Topic: Managing Asthma for Current Control and Future Risk Breakfast will be served from 0715 with presentation to commence at 0730 Breakfast will be served from 0715 with presentation to commence at 0730 | ||||
| 8:15 AM | Registration — Trade and Poster Displays | ||||
| 8:30 AM | Welcome | ||||
| 8:45 AM | Keynote Speaker :: Professor Robyn O'Hehir Topic:: Allergy, rhinitis and asthma | ||||
| 9:30 AM | Key Note Speaker :: Michael Keating Topic:: Asbestosis | ||||
| 10:00 AM | Presenter :: Richard Widmer Topic:: Dental, oral and respiratory medications | ||||
| 10:30 AM | Morning Tea — Trade and Poster Displays | ||||
| 11:00 AM | Presenter :: Dr Chris Worsnop Topic:: Lung bugs and update | ||||
| 11:30 AM | Presenter :: Dr Andrew Tai Topic:: The long term outcome of childhood asthma into adult life | ||||
| 12:00 PM | Presenter :: Dr Leslie Braun Topic:: What do complementary therapies have to offer respiratory patients | ||||
| 12:30 PM | AAREA Annual General Meeting | ||||
| 1:00 PM | Lunch — Trade and Poster Displays | ||||
| 2:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions | ||||
| Session 1 | Alex Ehlert Topic :: Mental Heath and COPD |
Tony Sasse Topic :: Good sleep hygiene and sleep disorders |
Michelle Norman and Craig Moore Topic :: The didgeridoo Project – a community asthma program |
Leanne Ross Topic :: Asthma Self-management teaching: helping maintain appropriate care in rural general practice
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| 2:35 PM | Concurrent Sessions | ||||
| Session 2 | Anna Hutchinson Topic :: COPD and palliative care – providing answers when there are no answers |
Tony Sasse Topic :: Good sleep hygiene and sleep disorders |
Anna Berklemans Topic :: Australian Nurses Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice in Smoking Cessation |
Christine Burns and Melinda Gray Topic :: Parental uptake of smoking cessation interventions – a feasibility pilot study |
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| 3:05 PM | Afternoon Tea — Trade and Poster Displays | ||||
| 3:30 PM | Presenter :: Erik Tikoft Topic :: HTLV – 1. HT what? chronic suppurative lung disease / bronchiectasis - a central Australian perspective | ||||
| 4:00 PM | Presenter :: Medical Social Society of University of Melbourne Topic :: Classroom to Consultant – conquering coughs and catarrh |
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| 4:45 PM | Poster Award Presentations Notice of the Australian Asthma Conference—2010 and Next AAREA Conference Evaluation |
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| 5:00 PM | Close | ||||